Hi, Brian Klauss - Alexander Koryagin!
I read your message from 19.03.2021 00:30
AK>> "Beauty and the Beast", a movie name -- why Beauty is
AK>> without "the"?
BK>
BK> Titles of movies, books, music, and art do not require an
BK> article. Prefacing "Beauty" with "The" would be appropriate but
BK> with the idiomatic nature of English, and the rules we don't
BK> follow, it can be left out.
BK>
BK> It's similar to music group names, "Guns N' Roses", not "The
BK> Guns and Roses", or books, "Patriot Games" instead of "The
BK> Patriot Games".
So it could be simply "Beauty and Beast"?
Bye, Brian!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021
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